Faye Whaley, age 77, of Kenansville, having fought valiantly since being diagnosed with Stage 4 stomach cancer which had already metastasized to her liver, spleen, lungs, and lymph nodes in April of 2024, is now whole and completely healed and completely at peace with her Lord and Savior, Jesus!

Faye was born on October 20, 1947, in Magnolia, North Carolina, the second daughter of Clarence and Louise Whaley who, no doubt, along with her sister, Helen, who also preceded her in death, welcomed her home with arms wide open!

Faye worked loyally for many years as a paralegal – first, for Graham Philips in Wallace, NC, then, Bruce Robinson, also in Wallace, NC, then, for Brock, Scott, & Engleson, Maco & Robinson and Calder and Calder –all in Wilmington, NC. Finally, she worked for Anita Powers in Wallace, NC before retiring from paralegal work in 2018. She then began caring for Billy Stephens ("Mr. Billy" as she so fondly called him), of Kenansville, NC, until his passing in November 2023. She then worked part-time briefly for Pearl West in Warsaw, NC, until she learned of her diagnosis on April 23, 2024.

Surviving are sisters, Betty Murray (Joe) of Wallace, NC, Barbara Weaver (Andy) of Raleigh, NC, Karen Sholar (David "Butch") of Rose Hill, NC, and Sharon Seagle (Donnie) of Beverly Hills, FL, nieces Angela Boone (Gene) of Warsaw, NC, Christen Weaver (Zach) of Wilmington, NC, Chelsea Dowling (Thomas) of Hernando, FL, and nephews, Craig Usher of Rocky Point, NC and Brady Weaver (Brittany) of Cibolo, TX. Faye is also survived by grandnieces Mary Allison Sigmund (Justin), Faith Weaver, Anna Dowling, and Serena Weaver, as well as grandnephews Benjamin Boone, Carsten Dowling, Joseph Weaver, Laken Dowling, and David Weaver.  She also leaves behind a great-grandniece, June Sigmund and a great-grandnephew, Robert Sigmund – all of whom she enjoyed spoiling immensely and loved deeply as she would her very own!

Faye was a very loving and devoted daughter, sister, aunt, and great aunt and was "mother" to many she adopted along the way. She was also a true friend to many. She enjoyed traveling and was "game" for almost any "adventure." More than anything, Faye loved her family! She especially loved shopping with her mom and sister, Betty. Though Faye loved all her sisters deeply, she and Betty enjoyed a very close and special bond and were the truest of "partners in crime." "Lucy and Ethel" nor "Thelma and Louise" nor "Frick and Frack" had anything on the two of them! They enjoyed many adventures and many misadventures together and made more happy memories than could ever be recounted!

Faye loved everyone and was a truly generous soul. She literally gave the shirt off her back several times! Just admiring anything she had made you the new owner! She thoroughly enjoyed giving to others. She funded many of her parents' home projects including replacing windows, having their carport made into a garage, and having a storage building constructed. Having no children of her own, she bought elaborate gifts for her parents and all her sisters, nieces and nephews and great-nieces and great-nephews. She rented a place at the lake or the beach each summer for many years for the entire family – complete with floats and anything that might make the experience more memorable including tickets to local attractions – often having to work during the day herself and only joining the family in the evenings. She never missed a family event – except one one-year-old birthday party. She started but snow and ice made the roads impassable. She called crying to share that she wasn't going to make it. She was a huge support through many emotional and financial crises. She was always "there" ready and willing to help in any way she could and not only for immediate family, but for extended family and many, many friends and acquaintances. Probably more fitting than all that could be said of Faye is that she was truly "all heart!" She gave BIG of her time and resources – whatever she had -- without thought of herself – sacrificing so incredibly much!

Faye would tell you that, though not without its pain and hardships, she had a really great life and felt incredibly blessed by the many people who enriched her life. More than anything, Faye would want you to know that she was most grateful for Jesus and her salvation and redemption through His death and resurrection. Faye's faith made it possible for her to trust God through all the trials of her life including the rape and murder of her oldest sister, Helen, when Helen was 20 and Faye was just 17. I'm sure only Faye knew the full extent of the impact that traumatic event had on her. Faith helped her through a broken engagement soon after the loss of her sister, Helen, and then, when she married and her new husband joined the Air Force and took her 1,500 miles from home, God saw her through living so far from family. Faith brought her through the disappointment of learning that her husband couldn't have children, and then, through losing the opportunity to adopt a little two-year-old girl they had fostered for just shy of a year. Faith brought her through infidelity and a painful divorce, and it carried her as she cared for ailing parents and through the loss of first, her dad to Alzheimer's, and then, her mom to a stroke. Faye's faith gave her strength to battle cancer courageously and without fear, and finally, faith carried Faye straight into the arms of her Savior and Friend, Jesus. We grieve our loss – and it's a great, great loss, but our dear Faye is wearing that beautiful, wide grin that warmed the hearts and lifted the spirits of countless souls throughout her life, and she is reveling BIG at hearing the words she's longed all her life to hear, "Well done, good and faithful servant; thou has been faithful over a few things, I will set thee over many things: enter though into the joy of thy Lord."

In lieu of flowers, the family is requesting that donations be made in her honor to Mercy Medical Angel Flights, https://www.mercymedical.org/individual-donations or by mail: Mercy Medical Angel Flights, 101 W. Main Street, Norfolk, Va. 23510 or ECU Home Health & Hospice 401 N. Main Street, Kenansville, NC 28349 or The Service League of Greenville Hospice House, 920 Wellness Drive, Greenville, NC 27834